Yesterday’s entry regarding Sam Jones sparked conversations along a few different fronts. SFN has confirmed that a significant portion of the Sam Jones rumor is true. Jones and his family were surprised to recently learn that Sam must still pass an Algebra II math class to gain admission to NC State. He will take the […]
NC State Administration
Newsflash – Paying Customers Don’t Like Being Treated Like Naughty 8-Year Olds
We saw this nugget from The Technician a few weeks ago, but didn’t have the time to express our thoughts at the time. In a finding which no doubt caused Bob Kennel to close his eyes and shake his head disapprovingly: The WITH program has not received as much positive feedback as Student Government would […]
The State of State Part Four – AD Battle Royale
In previous entries, several commenters had expressed an interest in some historical statistics for comparison purposes. Below are some conference title and winning percentage stats over the last 22 years for the past five Athletic Directors at NC State.
Lee Fowler appearance on 99.9FM Wednesday morning
No…you read that headline correctly. One of the only Athletics Directors in the country to have his own television show needs to make another radio appearance. Update: You can click here to hear the interview. In addition to his regular column in the Wolfpacker magazine and the recent tour of the entire State of North […]
Report: Tarheel Trio To Return Despite Criticisms & Attacks of UNC Fans
Inside Carolina is reporting that Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green will all return to Chapel Hill for the 2008-2009 college basketball season, virtually guaranteeing that the Tarheels will hold the #1 preseason ranking as the heavy favorite to win the 2009 National Championship. Lawson, Ellington and Green had become the targets of significant […]
All Focus on…Lee Fowler, of course!
At a time when all focus should be on the quest of NC State’s Baseball to reach the College World Series – the Pack will travel to Georgia this weekend – our ‘esteemed’ Athletics Director turns some attention on…HIMSELF, of corse Yesterday, Pack Pride highlighted an ‘extended interview’ that Lee Fowler gave WRAL-TV5 over the […]
UNC Fires Lacrosse Coach Who Lost In NCAA Tournament
Haus, 46, compiled a 58-52 record in his eight years at UNC following two as head coach of Johns Hopkins, which went to the NCAA semifinals both seasons.”Obviously, we’re not at the level we would like to be,” UNC athletic director Dick Baddour said Tuesday. At the same time, Baddour made it clear that the […]
Another chance for baseball to deliver
Last week we ran a great entry highlighting the NC State Baseball program’s opportunity to deliver a much needed ACC Championship in a major sport. (If you missed the entry then you are not allowed to read further until you go read it). Coach Avent failed to win his first ACC Championship in twelve years […]
The State of State Part Three–Meet The Standards
“My goals have always been to be in the top three in the conference. If you’re in the top three you always have a chance to win the championship. That’s an obvious goal as well. Minimum goals, we don’t want to be in the bottom-half of anything.. the bottom-half in any sport.†–Lee Fowler, PackPride.com, […]
The State of State Part Two–Improvement
Disclaimer: Only facts and statistics will be stated below, you the reader can draw your own conclusions and opinions.
Did NC State’s athletic programs make progress and do better this school year than they did last year? One metric (and certainly not the only one) is to look at regular season conference standings.
State competes in 21 different ACC sports plus gymnastics (EAGL) and rifle (SEARC & GARC). In the 2007-2008 school year, 6 out of those 23 programs finished higher in their conference standings than they did the year before, 11 finished worse and 6 maintained the same standing. All 12 ACC schools compete in the sport unless indicated.
